Josephine de Beauharnais 1 2
- Born: 14 Mar 1807, Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Marriage: Oscar I of Sweden Bernadotte on 19 Jun 1823 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Died: 7 Jun 1876, Stockholm, Sweden aged 69
Another name for Josephine was Josefina of Leuchtenberg.
General Notes:
Josefina was the daughter of prince Eugéne de Beauharnais, vice king of Italy and Augusta Amalia of Bayern.
1822 she was bethrotted to Crownprince Oscar of Sweden and Norway in Eichstedt, Germany. The following year she married him par porcuration in München. Soon thereafter Josefina went to Stockholm to get crowned queen of Sweden and Norway.
Josefina became a widow in 1859 and she died in 1876, 7th of Jun.
She founded Josefina hemmet (for nursing of poor and handicapped in the catholic church), the institution for nursing of the 'defenseless and fallen', the institution for education of women and the society for 'tender and moral maternity wellfare'. She got five children, Carl, Gustaf, Oscar, Eugénie and August. The marriage between Josefina and Oscar seems to have beeen a bit stormy now and then as Oscar had his mistress Emilie Hägqvist.
Josephine married Oscar I of Sweden Bernadotte, son of Charles XIV John of Sweden Bernadotte and Bernhardine Eugenie Desirée Clary, on 19 Jun 1823 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Oscar I of Sweden Bernadotte was born on 4 Jul 1799 in Paris, France, died on 8 Jul 1859 in Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden and was buried in Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden.)
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